New focus - new name - "Powder Found"

Looking for feedback on a rebrand and new focus

Hello folks,

When not skiing I have raced sailboats for many many years. It is a great sport where I have made many life long friends. I will have a side bar post about that later.

With the sailing season now over, my attention is again turning toward winter and skiing. A recent post from my friend Stuart Winchester on the The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast has me thinking about refining the focus of what I write about and what value I bring to the skiing community. I started with the title “Have RV will Ski”. Perhaps that is the wrong focus. Is is not about the RV. It is about finding great powder skiing experiences. The places and people I meet along the way. Also a bit on the migration of skiing powder only at resorts and starting to move more into the backcountry where one can always find powder. How to do that responsibly so I don’t ski off a cliff or get buried in an avalanche. My backcountry adventures will be 100% guided this year. As my skills improve I will slowly venture out to low risk terrain without guides. Likely I will always use guides when going into steeper terrain.

This season I will be taking an Avalanche 1 course in Cooke City, Montana and also doing a remote backcountry lodge near Golden, British Columbia Canada. My son and niece will be joining my for the Avalanche 1 course. My son, a friend and another relative will be joining me for the backcountry adventure. I am so fortune to be able to spend this quality with my son. He is early in his career days and single; his life will no doubt take many different turns so I do not take this time for granted.

Of course I will also be searching for powder at Ski Areas. Likely Jackson/Big Sky and hopefully some smaller areas in that region during the time frame of Cooke City.

My big adventure is skiing the powder highway in Canada centered around the backcountry trip. I will ski the marquee areas of Revelstoke and Kicking Horse. Then depending on where it is snowing I will hit other areas. Perhaps some well known ones such as Fernie, White Water or Red Mountain. I believe even more interesting adventures will be to search out and report on lesser known places. The Rocky Mountains of Canada are magical with 3,000 feet and more of vertical along with 300 inches and more of snow being typical. No lift lines and the pleasure of being around Canadians. My experience is that Canadians as a rule are the NICEST people.

I will also attempt to share some more personal things. How to find meaning in these days of skiing excess. Can I bring people a little pleasure in reading about my exploits and motivate a few to get off the beaten path of mega ski resorts and have an even better experience. Most importantly, how to do all this in a way that is ok with my wife’s differing priorities. I have a lot of wanderlust in me, always wanting to see new places and have new experiences. My wife loves being at home with the the chickens, guinea fowl and miniature donkeys. One trip for her needs to be buffered by months of peaceful time at home. I am built the other way. But, our love is strong, so listen and join the conversation as we navigate this new phase of life.

Soooo. What do you think about the the new focus and name change to “Powder Found”? Love to get some comments.